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NOTE: This is NOT my actual salary, just an example. So, say you're paid bi-weekly. $1,000/week = $2,000 per paid period. = $4,0000/month. You would think you just multiply $4,000 * 12 = $48,0000/ year...right? But if you're paid $1,000/week...wouldn't you calculate it as $1,000 * 52 weeks = $52,000/ year? ~EE

Dose relative to a poison and maybe carcinogen makes sense..but for full fledged viruses, it does not. In talking about poison, there has been documented evidence that small amounts if poison, over time, can help you build a sort of enzymatic resistance to it. However, I'm not sure of the exact mechanism..and its more likely to fail than to succeed. What if you tried to somehow make yourself immune to cyanide. I can't even begin to think of what proportions would be safe to inject. As for arsenic, there has been some development...but doesn't mean it's safe. For example, a small Andes community was found to have a mutated enzyme that was capable of methylating arsenic, thereby reducing it's toxicity. (Story here-->http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/population-found-adapted-arsenic/). As for viruses, they have to be inactivated/ killed, as PhilGeis said. When your body builds an immune response to the virus..it's developing antibodies to the specific foreign protein the virus has...not the "small" dosage of the live virus. There's no real "dose" of a live virus that would make you immune, mainly b/c some viruses are extremely dangerous at any concentration. That's like saying, "Lemme give you the smallest dose of HIV". Doesn't matter how small it is...you're going to get infected.

I was in your exact shoes in 2013 when my orgo classes started...only I was it was summer and my semester was in fall. What I did was I watched about 15-20 Khan Academy videos during the summer til I got the real basic ideas of orgo. In hindsight, to get a better experience and more in-depth knowledge, I would: Contact the professor and buy the book early on, and read ahead a few chapters. All you really need is to be 3-4 chapters ahead of the class and you're fine.

I wanted to see if the EA would have the same effects on styrofoam as acetone does. Lets jus say my styrofoam box has a whole in the top of it now,

What's the reason for substituting acetone with EA? Is EA more green? Cheaper solvent to produce? Just curious..seems unnecessary..but then again I don't know all the facts. ~ee

using green chemistry for household cleaning products that have equal or better results than current cleaning products.

You can also go to the moon if you build a "device" as well.

How would one reach the inner core? Chaotropic agent?

ya ya ok..

Why liquid fuel? Just use sugar and potassium nitrate or potassium perchlorate. Also, you could try potassium permanganate and glycerol.

I see why now. I swear I read a paper or article about the non-psychoactive cannabinoids that treat dyskinesia.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11739835, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12465055..and a few others. We may not know the exact cannabinoid that does this, but we can find it.

I didn't bother to check on this thread yet, but flies also land on feces. So fly + poop + your face = no

I know the whole process for drug development (preclinical phase, phase 1). Lots of drugs are given rigorous observation before their cleared..I'm sure the cannabinoids in marijuanna would be relatively straightforward. It's not like the pharmaceuticals that have dozens of negative side effects, and have o eb tested for safety. We know most of the pathways for the natural cannabinoids. As far as the extraction process, I can imagine couple of ways to cut down on harmful solvents to extract the first couple of fraction (i.e. supercritical CO2). Then when you need to use solvents, just carry out good QC. This all seems over the top from a substance that we know a fair amount about. Some states don't allow medical marijuana because of the THC component, as it is a schedule I drug. I'm thinking, why not extract the beneficial cannabinoids and exclude the THC, to get around legal issues.

I don't see the problem. Lots of people smoke cannabis, with little to no harmful effects . What's wrong with extracting certains fractions and studying the effects. Seems analogous to giving patients ethanol to see the effects of drunkenness. Use different fractions and see which have the desired effects.

I didn't bother to look up the specific cannabinoids that reduce diskynseia nor the mechanism, but we all know that it works. To get around state laws regarding cannabis oil..why not just separate out the select cannabinoids that contribute to diskynseia reduction? I could probably do it in a university lab using a column in a day.

You mean an enzyme inhibitor? Just a 3 second google search. Not sure if it's what you're looking for... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9374671 from the article: "...administration of BAY R 3401, a glycogen phosphorylase inhibitor."

By "experiments failing", I assume you mean the first and second clips? First clip: Salt and coke. I've never heard of salt causing soda fizz over like that. If it is true (maybe the water solvating the sodium ions, therefore making the carbon dioxide less solvent in solution), you may have used the wrong salt. It appears they used "popcorn salt", or maybe even potassium chloride (lite salt) instead of sodium chloride. Second Clip: I've noticed this too myself. I think the ingredients in the mentos have been changed slightly, and as a result they're not as reactive with the cola.

Are you planning on staining proteins with it? For what purpose/ experiment?

I like this forum because there's more than just one science in discussion. Also, yes, pure science does get dry...that's why I enjoy the Lounge. I suppose it's a good buffer. If the politics section never existed, I assumed admins would just lock political topics in the Lounge Also, for anyone suggesting I go to another forum. I've been a member at the Chemical forums and a few others. I like it here. I find this forum to have the most vast topics and consistent questions-answer responses. Even posting on reddit, I've personally found this forum to be WAY more helpful. I guess the shear number of posts per day on reddit, you're lucky to get any response.

It garners too much attention for the wrong reasons, and it's contents are widely non-science related. It's composed of emotion, and opinion. Benefit of doing away with the section: More attention to other science sections. Clearly this section has alot of time and energy being put into it..and for what? There would be less trolling, less shit posting.

The post in the politics section called, "Trump protestors", was started on Nov. 10. On Nov. 17 (today..oddly enough 1 week later), there has been over 295 posts on that topic alone (roughly 42 posts/day). I bet the physics, chemistry, biology, computer science or math sections don't even get a fraction of that in a month's time. Now you see why I've suggested deleting the politics section on this forum in the past? It benefits no one, and in case you haven't noticed, minds are seldom changed. Yes, I know I started the post, but it's my 2nd post in that section, and I've been here almost 4 years now. Politics section description: "What's going on in the world and how it relates to science"...more like spew your views and biases. Trash the politics section.

can you/ did you grow it on a particular growth medium to select that specific bacterium? Via wikipedia: when grown on a solid medium, the colonies resemble a spiral pattern...if that helps.

From 2008-2010, Democrats had both houses as well..that's why healthcare passed to easily. All in all I'm seeing this as just a swing of the pendulum.

My reaction to the rioting (not protestors) is this. The election is over. Rioting, causing destruction is not going to solve anything. Your president is asking for unification, not destruction. The system is set up so you can reevaluate, and elect new people in 2 and 4 years. Accept the result, and move on.